Is Robinsons Crushed Lime & Mint ultra-processed?

500ml Cordials Sold in the United Kingdom and France

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Sweetener
Fruit juice concentrate
E960 Steviol glycosides

15 ingredients
5 additives

Less processed cordials

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Water, Sugar (processing marker), Fruit Juices from Concentrate (ultra-processing marker) (Apple 8%, Lime 5%), Acid (Citric Acid), Natural Lime and Mint Flavourings with other Natural Flavourings, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Preservatives (processing marker) (Potassium Sorbate (processing marker), Sodium Metabisulphite), Sweetener (ultra-processing marker) (Steviol Glycosides (ultra-processing marker))

Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E331 Sodium citrates , E960 Steviol glycosides

As written on the pack

Water, Sugar, Fruit Juices from Concentrate (Apple 8%, Lime 5%), Acid (Citric Acid), Natural Lime and Mint Flavourings with other Natural Flavourings, Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Metabisulphite), Sweetener (Steviol Glycosides).

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E960 Steviol glycosides Steviol glycosides are sweet compounds extracted and purified from the leaves of the stevia plant.
Sweetener Sweeteners give sweetness with few or no calories, many at hundreds of times the strength of sugar.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Fruit juice concentrate An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 28 cordials

From least to most processed, this one ranks 14th. 75% of the cordials here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 28 cordials, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5010102240490, last edited 29 July 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.